Combined standard and clamp



(M B 0 ELLRIGH COMBINED STANDARD AND CLAMP.

Patented May 17, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT O F E.

ROBERT C. ELLRICI-I, OF ILANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED STANDARD AND CLAMP.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,054, dated May1'7, 1892.

Application filed October 2 1891. Serial No. 407,588: (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT C. ELLRIOH, of Plantsville, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in aCombined Standard and Clamp; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in

Figure 1, a view in side elevation of a combined standard and clampapplied to the temporary attachment of a rotary meat-cutter to the edgeof a table; Fig. 2, a broken view'in vertical section, showing thesleeve of the standard and the upper end of the clamp together with thepost of the meat-cutter; Fig. 3, a broken view, partly in verticalsection and partly in side elevation, showing the use of the standardalone to permanently secure the meat'cutter to a table; Fig. 4E,detached front view of the standard; Fig. 5, a similar view of theclamp.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined standards and clampsparticularly designed for rotary meat-cutters, but not lim ited to suchuse, the object being to produce a simple, strong, and effective deviceadapted to be converted for permanently or temporarily attaching ameat-cutter or other instrument to a table or bench. V b

With these ends in view myinvention consists in a standard having avertical sleeve formed with a threaded horizontal boss and two feetoffsetting from the lower end of said sleeve and each adapted to bepermanently attached to a table or bench, in combination with a clamphaving the lower end of its body turned inward and furnished with avertical clamping-screw and its upper end provided with a horizontalcoupling-screw, the faces of the upper end of the clamp and of the bossof the standard being constructed to be interlocked when drawn togetherby the said coupling-screw.

The standard 'of my improved device consists of a vertical sleeve A andtwo feet B B, offsetting from its. lower end and sufficiently spreadapart to secure a wide bearing, the lower ends of the said feet beingprovided with screw-holes C to receive screws for the permanentattachment of the standard to a table, bench, or other similar object.The sleeve of the standard is adapted to receive a cylindrical post D,integral with or attached to the meat-cutter, which may of course be ofany construction. The meat-cutter herein shown has a cylindricalhorizontal receiver E and a hopper F. The said post is secured withinthe sleeve by means of a set-screw having bearing in a small hubH,formedintegral with and offsetting from the sleeve at a right angle tothe length thereof. I do not, however, limit myself to any particularmode of securing the post within the sleeve, although the set-screwdescribed and shown is perhaps as simple and convenient a way as can bedevised. The sleeve is provided at its lower end with a horizontal bossI, cylindrical in form and nearly as large as the sleeve in diameter.This boss is provided with a threaded longitudinal bore and has a deepnotch J formed in its outer face,which is flat. Preferably the standarddescribed will be cast in one piece. The clamp, which is also cast inone piece of metal and longitudinally ribbed at its edges to make itlight and strong, has the lower end of its body K turned inward andfurnished with a vertical threaded bore to receive the clamping-screw L,which is furnished at its inner end with a clamping-plate M to increasethe area of its engagement with the under face of the bench or table towhich it is applied. The upper end of the said body is provided with ahorizontal threaded bore to receive the coupling-screw N and with a flatface 0 and a rib P, the latter being adapted to enter the notch J,formed in the flat face of the boss I of the standard, so as tolock thestandard and clamp together when the said faces are brought together bymeans of the couplingscrew N.

WVhen it isdesired to attach the meat-cutter permanently in place, thestandard alone is used and permanently fixed to the tableor bench byscrewing it thereto, the clamp being at this time detached from it byremoving the coupling-screw N. WVhen, however, it is desired to securethe cutter in place only temporarily, the clamp and standard areoombined by means of the coupling-screw N and used as shown by Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. In

such use the feet of the standard form wide bearings for the support ofthe meat-cutter; but they are not screwed to the table or bench.Inasmuch as the standard and clamp are very readily coupled anduncoupled,myimproved device is very readily converted for use one way orthe other. The standard when used alone has all the advantages ofordinary standards for the permanent attachment of a meat-cutter toabench or table, and when combined with the clamp it produces anexcellent member for engagement with the upper surface of the table orbench on account of the spread of its feet.

While I have shown myimproved device in connection with a rotarymeat-cutter, it will be clear that it is equally applicable to be usedwith any instrument designed to be permanently or temporarily attachedto a table or bench and used in the same way that a meatcutter is used.

I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exactconstruction shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to makesuch changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scopeof my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A standard having a vertical sleeve formed with a threaded horizontalboss and two feet offsetting from the lower end of said sleeve and eachadapted to be permanently attached to a table or bench, in combinationwith a clamp having the lower end of its body turned inward andfurnished with a vertical clamping-screw and its upper end provided witha horizontal coupling-screw, the faces of the upper end of the clamp andof the boss of the standard being constructed to be interlocked whendrawn together by the said coupling screw, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT C. ELLRICH. Witnesses:

JOHN M. SHARP, JOSEPH R. DOOLITTLE.

